Hosea 12:7

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Israel, you enjoy cheating and taking advantage of others.

Cross References

Genesis 49:18

Our LORD, I am waiting for you to save us.

Proverbs 11:1

The LORD hates anyone who cheats, but he likes everyone who is honest.

Proverbs 16:11

The LORD doesn't like it when we cheat in business.

Isaiah 3:5

You will each be cruel to friends and neighbours. Young people will insult their elders; no one will show respect to those who deserve it.

Isaiah 56:1

The LORD said: Be honest and fair! Soon I will come to save you; my saving power will be seen everywhere on earth.

Ezekiel 16:3

and tell them that I, the LORD God, am saying: Jerusalem, you were born in the country where Canaanites lived. Your father was an Amorite, and your mother was a Hittite.

Ezekiel 22:29

The people themselves cheat and rob; they abuse the poor and take advantage of foreigners.

Ezekiel 28:5

You're a clever businessman and are extremely wealthy, but your wealth has led to arrogance!

Hosea 14:2

Return to the LORD and say, “Please forgive our sins. Accept our good sacrifices of praise instead of bulls.

Joel 2:12

The LORD said: It isn't too late. You can still return to me with all your heart. Start crying and mourning! Go without eating.

Amos 2:7

They throw the poor to the ground and push aside those who are helpless. My holy name is dishonoured, because fathers and sons sleep with the same young women.

Amos 3:9

Here is a message for the leaders of Philistia and Egypt— tell everyone to come together on the hills of Samaria. Let them see the injustice and the lawlessness in that city.

Amos 4:1

You women of Samaria are fat cows! You ill-treat and abuse the poor and needy, then you say to your husbands, “Bring us more drinks!”

Amos 5:11

you abuse the poor and demand heavy taxes from them. You have built expensive homes, but you won't enjoy them; you have planted vineyards, but you will get no wine.

Micah 2:1

Doomed! You're doomed! At night you lie in bed, making evil plans. And when morning comes, you do what you've planned because you have the power.

Micah 7:2

No one is loyal to God; no one does right. Everyone is brutal and eager to deceive everyone else.

Zechariah 5:8

“This woman represents evil,” the angel explained. Then he threw her back into the basket and slammed the heavy cover down tight.

Malachi 3:5

The LORD All-Powerful said: I'm now on my way to judge you. And I will quickly condemn all who practise witchcraft or cheat in marriage or tell lies in court or rob workers of their pay or ill-treat widows and orphans or steal the property of foreigners or refuse to respect me.

John 2:16

Jesus said to the people who had been selling doves, “Get those doves out of here! Don't make my Father's house a market place.”

James 5:4

You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are shouting out against you. The Lord All-Powerful has heard the cries of the workers who harvested your crops.

1 Samuel 12:3

Let me ask this. Have I ever taken anyone's ox or donkey or forced you to give me anything? Have I ever hurt anyone or taken a bribe to give an unfair decision? Answer me so the LORD and his chosen king can hear you. And if I have done any of these things, I will give it all back.